How to Reprogram Your Genes Using Meditation to Activate Neuroplasticity & Epigenetics ⋆ Earth and Water

For decades, our DNA was seen as a fixed blueprint, dictating our fate with unwavering precision. But a new dawn is breaking, where the once-immutable strands are revealing their surprisingly fluid nature. Epigenetics, the study of how our environment and experiences influence gene expression without altering the DNA sequence itself, is rewriting the narrative.

At the forefront of this revolution are alternative healing practices like meditation, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), and Reiki, offering groundbreaking insights into how we can actively shape our genetic landscape for the better.

Imagine DNA as a musical score, containing all the notes for your life’s symphony. However, these notes can be played softly or loudly, even silenced entirely, by epigenetic switches. These chemical markers act like dimmers, regulating which genes are actively expressed and which remain dormant. This dynamic dance between our genes and experiences is the essence of epigenetics.

Alternative practices like meditation, EFT, and Reiki are emerging as potent conductors in this grand orchestra. Meditation, for instance, has been shown to influence the activity of stress-related genes, promoting greater emotional resilience and reducing inflammation. EFT, tapping into acupoints to release emotional blockages, demonstrates positive effects on gene expression associated with anxiety and depression. Reiki, through the gentle transfer of universal energy, promotes relaxation and well-being, leading to changes in genes related to immunity and cell repair.

These are not mere anecdotes; a growing body of research is illuminating the concrete mechanisms through which these practices influence our genes. Meditation, for example, has been shown to increase activity in regions of the brain responsible for emotional regulation and self-awareness, positively impacting the expression of genes involved in these processes. Similarly, EFT’s effects on cortisol levels, a key stress hormone, are linked to alterations in gene expression associated with stress response.

This burgeoning field isn’t just about tweaking a few genes here and there; it’s about empowering ourselves to become active participants in our own health and well-being. By embracing evidence-based alternative practices, we can potentially modulate our genetic landscape, enhancing our resilience against disease, promoting emotional balance, and fostering a deeper sense of well-being.

While research is ongoing, the early evidence is compelling. As we delve deeper into this intricate dance between mind, body, and genes, we’re rewriting the script of our genetic destiny. Alternative healing practices, once relegated to the fringes, are now stepping into the spotlight, offering us the tools to orchestrate a symphony of health and well-being, note by note, gene by gene. So, tune in to the rhythm of your being, explore the melody of alternative practices, and discover the transformative power of rewriting your own genetic story.

Remember, this is not a quick fix; it’s a journey of self-discovery and consistent practice. Embrace the wonder of your own resilience, explore the diverse tapestry of alternative practices, and find the notes that resonate with your unique symphony of life. The power to heal and thrive lies within, waiting to be unlocked with each mindful breath, gentle tap, and flow of universal energy.

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Quantifying the “woo-woo” with statistics that show the effects of things like energy medicine, meditation and mindfulness having a significant impact on the mind and body. These practices have been shown to decrease struggles with problems like pain, anxiety, depression, trauma and more. Studies on EFT that show off the chart results.

How these alternative practices have an effect on things that we previously thought we had no control over like gene expression. Better immunity, lower levels of inflammation in the body, 60% decrease in PTSD symptoms, neuroplasticity.

The three most effective kinds of meditation is community, intensity and compassion. Meditations that draw you into positive emotions like gratitude, joy, love and compassion for others trigger gene expression quicker than other forms.

You don’t need any time to dedicate to your meditation practice. You can easily work it into the spaces between the tasks of your everyday life. Meditation is simply controlling your thoughts rather than having them run ramped. We can practice this anytime we think about it whether it’s in the shower, in the car, cooking dinner or when we lay down to sleep at night.

The goal of meditation is not to learn to be good at meditating. The goal of meditation is to learn how to be in a meditative state in your everyday life.

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Meditation is all just emotional regulation. Imagine where we would all be if we were taught as a child how to do that. Meditation creates more neural connections in the centers of the brain where we need them. Whatever we focus on is where these connections are made and strengthened.

We all know people who are always looking for the next thing to upset them. This constant focus on the negative increases the strength of the areas responsible for them. If we’re always activating these stressors, we’re doing damage to our bodies.

Higher levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) results in lowered immune systems, reduced muscle mass and bone density, poor memory and learning skills, reduced skin elasticity, you age faster and have a shorter life span, have an increased risk of cancer, heart disease and other health concerns and diseases. Uncontrolled emotions are literally killing us, deteriorating our cells and bodily functions and making it impossibly hard for our systems to repair and heal anything.

Stress management is the number one thing we should be focusing on. After we get our emotions and stress levels in check, there’s not a ton more we need to do to heal mental, emotional and physical concerns.

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Emotional regulation is the first step, the 2nd step is focused awareness. The prefrontal cortex is responsible for self obsession. Monks and nuns don’t have that focus. They’re focus lies on others and the divine. Their prefrontal cortex of the “me and mine” is very quiet.

We’re naturally inclined to be self centered and it takes “training” the mind in order to switch the focus from a “me” to a “we”. Being aware of this can help you recognize it in yourself and those around you which can begin to improve your relationships.

“Forgiveness” is a word that triggers most people. They don’t want to try and analyze the situation to look at things from the other person’s perspective. They want to throw walls of hate up and never think about it or look at it again. Most people aren’t trying to act with ill intent. Most people are trying their best with what they have available.

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Meditation helps us learn how to slow things down and pause so that we can respond rather than react. You don’t forgive others for them. You forgive them for yourself. Holding those who have done you wrong in heart centered compassion lowers your stress levels and therefore the damage the turmoil is doing to you.

When we’re children, we have very little control over the happenings around us. When we become an adult, we have more power over the control. People who have a history of childhood trauma through abuse, neglect, or other, have higher rates of cancer, heart disease, obesity, all kinds of illnesses.

Reparenting the self means taking the stance of the adult and deciding to go within and do the work to heal the inner child. It means choosing to release the baggage you’ve been carrying around with you that not only makes you heavy, which holds you back and makes happiness hard to find but also effects every relationship you have in your life.

Relationships go far beyond the relationships you have with yourself and people. Our unhealed baggage effects our relationships with food, with money, with our career, literally everything in our lives. It takes up energy to carry it around and once we release it, we free up the energy channels to be able to work on these relationships in a healthy way.

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Delta and theta are the two primary brain waves we experience in the first 5 years of life. Delta is the brain wave of deep sleep. Theta is the dreaming state. They’re also the states of trance, super learning and altered states.

Thoughts trigger genes. Every time you repeat a stressful story, your body reacts as though the situation is occurring again.

They’ve put groups of meditators and even monks in cities and observed the crime rates in those cities drop. Meditation heals the individual and the world.

Trauma is passed through our genetics to our children. So we have whole groups of people who struggle with the effects of trauma that they themselves didn’t even experience. Ancestral healing can help with some of these things.

We can measure your energy field up to 15 feet away from your body.

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Are there tons of problems in the world? Yes. But overwhelming amounts of studies show that the world is improving and we’re currently living in a point of history that’s better for the majority of the people on the planet than it has ever been. Again, we’re not saying there aren’t tons of issues still and for sure there are a lot of people in the world who suffer everyday.

We’re hardwired to pay more attention to the negative because historically, it kept us alive to put our focus on the things we didn’t want. Mainstream media is a business and plays on this wiring to their favor. Therefore, they use all of the bad things in the world to keep us engaged and their numbers up. It’s not profitable for them to show us or tell us about all of the good and improvement the world is seeing.

This constant bombardment of the bad in the world makes it feel as though things are worsening. Which can really amp up our stress and anxiety levels and distract us even further from the building of our own peace and happiness. Both of which have to be intentionally built. You’re not just going to stumble across either.

You have to choose to focus on the positive.

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About Our Guest

Dr Dawson Church spent some 20 years engaging in outcome studies focusing on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety. He founded the peer-reviewed journal Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment and after earlier managing Aslan Publishing now serves as the general manager of Energy Psychology Press. To train professionals in evidence-based stress reduction methods such as meditation and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT acupressure tapping), in 2010 Church established EFT Universe, one of the most-visited alternative medicine sites on the web. He developed the EcoMeditation method to make meditation easy for novices

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